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Thayer's Greek Definitions question
Last Post 05/05/2009 10:54 AM by silvoc. 6 Replies.
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silvoc
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05/04/2009 06:24 PM  
How is the best way to use this dictionary?

At the moment whenever I want to use it I have to navigate to the Dictionarie section, select the text, and either scroll down or do 'some sort' of search, since searching of greek is not possible.
But the process seem rather cumbersome...

I am pretty sure I am missing something.

Thanks for any advice,
Silvo
burggraf
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05/04/2009 06:31 PM  
Both Thayer's Greek Definitions and Brown Driver Briggs' Hebrew definitions are automatically keyed to strongs number definitions for any Bible translation with strongs numbers. So, if you open either the NASS, KJVS, GWHS, or HOTS (all of these have strongs numbers) you'll get instant-lookups for TGD and BDB entries.

So if you tap on a strongs number in KJVS to open the strongs definition, and you're in the New Testament, and you have TGD installed, a TGD link will show up that takes you directly to the TGD entry for that word.
silvoc
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05/04/2009 06:44 PM  
Thanks!
I was sure there was a better way... Never noticed that capital-letter TGD...

Now, two more difficult questions...
- Is there any way to link TGD and Strongs numbers to the Greek Majority text. It would make more sense given that it's the only with accents so far... (or are you planning to update soon the greek texts?)
- Is there any way to access the TGD, BDB and - mainly - Strongs definitions while in Compare Verse mode? Often it's useful to have more than a translation in the same window. But if I need to have access to those features I have to switch back to Read mode...

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05/04/2009 09:22 PM  
We automatically link TGD, BDB, and KJC (or any strongs-based dictionary) inside any strongs definitions for any volume. But the only Greek with strongs numbers now is GWHS. I'm not sure whether or not we'll be doing any more strongs-based Greek versions soon, but it's possible.

There's really no easy way to integrate the strongs-based dictionaries into Analyze Verse at this point -- but if you have a suggestion as to how/where we can do this -- let us know.
silvoc
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05/05/2009 01:36 AM  
What about making the Compare Verse mode by all means equal in functionality to the normal Read mode? So that you can both visualize what appears in the normal mode and annotate it as well?
(of course, since the visualization is based on a single verse, annotations couldn't be based on double tapping on the verse number but on another tag, and to simplify things, it should annotate the topmost version)
burggraf
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05/05/2009 06:31 AM  
Sorry, but I don't quite understand.
silvoc
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05/05/2009 10:54 AM  
I mean that it would be quite handy if I could visualize at the same time verses from 2 different bibles, and to have access to all features that they might have (Translator's notes, Strongs definitions, notes). I would envision only 2 translations, as more than two would probably be confusing.
At the moment you can compare single verses in the AnalyzeVerse>Compare mode, but if you need access (or just want to know whether there are notes, strongs available) you have to switch to Normal reading mode. And that's 3 taps away (6 if you want to go back from where you started).

It would be even better if such window, rather than display 1 verse at the time, could scroll through the verses in one translation and keep synchronized the other one.
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